Mandela, Massachusetts
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Mandela was a proposed city that would have been formed as a result of some districts seceding from Boston, Massachusetts.[1][2][3]
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Mandela County, Massachusetts | |
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Coordinates: 42°21′29″N 71°03′49″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Massachusetts |
County | Suffolk |
Region | New England
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The districts, including parts of Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan and the South End, were populated mainly by African-Americans and Latinos, and the movement was driven by Black community leaders. The name was inspired by South African anti-Apartheid activist and political prisoner, later President of South Africa Nelson Mandela.[4]